Improvement in pantaloon-straps



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SAMUEL HELLER, OF Nl'llV YORK, N: Y.

- IMPROVEMENT IN PANTALOON-STRAPS.

Speoilieat ion forming partof Letters Patent No. 40.93 L datcd Decemher 15, 18133.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, S. llELLEn,oi' the city, county, and Statc of New York, have invented a new and useful lmproveinent in lantaloon- Straps; and I do hereby declare that the foL lowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my invention, showing its application toa pair of pantaloons. Fig. 2 is a plan or face view of the same detached.

Similar letters of reference in both views indicate corresponding parts.

lantaloon-straps ot' the ordinary construction are made of strips of leather or other flexible but nouclastic n'iateri'al. Such straps, being unable to expand or-contract, exert a very injurious intluence on the pantaloons, and cause them to tear or split open by sudden movements of the legs or body. Attempts have been made to overcome this ditliculty by inserting tlat spiral springs between the ends of the straps or by making the straps entirely out of shirred india rubber. The, use of metallic springs is objectionable, because they are liable to corrode by the inllnence of the moisture to which they are exposed, and when corroded they dirty the pa-ntalotms and the boots, and besides in this condition they lose their elasticity and break. Furthermore, even when perfectly clean, metallic springs are apt to scratch the leather or other material from which the boots are made.

In regard to straps made entirely out of india-rubber, the main objection is that the same wear out very quick, particularly on those places where they come in contact with the edges of the soles. All these ditiiculties are overcome by my invention, which consists in a strap with a center piece of leather, two strips of shirrcd india-rublwr, and two end pieces of leather, so that all the ad vantages of the leather are preserved and sutlicient elasticity is imparted to the straps to prevent the pantaloons from being exposed to an injurious strain.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed tn ilescribe it.

A represents the center piece of my pantaloon-st'raps; This piece is made of leather or other strong tlexiblc but non-elastic material, and of such a length that when applied to a boot or shoe it extends up on the sides beyond the edges of the sole, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 oi the drawings. The center piece, A, conn ct by two strips of shirred. or elastic imlia-rubbcr, B, with theendpieces,0. These india-rubber strips are made of thesame width as the center piece of the strap, and they are securedto said center piece and to the end pieces by sewing, or lll any other suitable manner. The end pieces are made of leather, so

that they afford a good hold to the hooks, buttons, orothcr devices which I use for fastening the straps to the pantaloons.-

By the application of the imlia rubber strips L to the straps between the center piece and end piece, the durability :ot' the strap is not impaired. It retains its shape, it is not injurious to the boot or to the pantaloons, and still sul'ticient elasticity is imparted to the saneto allow it, to yield to some extent and to reduce the s'rain on tlltllillltttlflOllS.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- V A pantalooirstrap consisting of a center piece, A, of leather, two strips, B,'ot' elastic imli'a-rubber l'abric, and two end pieces, (3, of leather, all arranged in relation to each other as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

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